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Point-of-care screening for hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women at an antenatal clinic: A South African experience

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Elimination of HIV and syphilis mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) has received much attention but little consideration has been given to the possibility of elimination of HBV MTCT. In sub-Saharan Africa, HBV vertical transmission continues to be reported and it remains an im...

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Autores principales:	Chotun, Nafiisah, Preiser, Wolfgang, van Rensburg, Christoffel Johannes, Fernandez, Pedro, Theron, Gerhard Barnard, Glebe, Dieter, Andersson, Monique Ingrid
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5521792/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28732085 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181267

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